Sport vs science…..of shopping

Ladies, hands up if you have ever taken your husband, boyfriend, brother, male friend shopping….everyone? Good. Now hands up who actually had fun/found what they wanted/leave early after arguing when they did that?….very few it seems. Men and women shop...

I’m way too old for this sh*t

I love shopping – I work in a shop, I spend much of my weekend shopping (lucky for me, my other half doesn’t mind the old trip to the shop too!) but for the first time in a long time I had a negative experience shopping, so bad in fact I came home almost...

Shoes, glorious shoes

My mother often jokes that my middle name should have been Imelda (as in Marcos, the wife of a former Philippines president who was rumored to have more than 2700 pairs of shoes). So I thought it would be nice to share some of my favourite shoes that are doing the...

Five little words

I often joke that the five words I use the most on the shop floor are “Try it on, trust me!” Actually I don’t joke, I’m deadly serious! So many things (for so many reasons) don’t look good hanging on the racks. You might not like the look...

It’s that time of year….again

I love shopping for togs (I’m from Queensland – swimmers, cossies, bathers to all you southerners) – don’t stress, I KNOW I am in the minority there. Most women run screaming just from the thought of having to try on bikini after bikini in...